DailyTech is reporting that Creative will indeed be offering ALchemy for their Audigy series cards, but that customers will have to pay for the "upgrade." Seriously, when are we going to find a serious contender in the sound card arena? There are plenty of good DSPs to be had out there...

"Creative Labs left Sound Blaster Audigy owners in the dark, in regards to hardware-accelerated audio in Windows Vista. However, Creative Labs stated ALchemy support for Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and 4-class products are to be determined depending on demand."